Kingdom Animalia Class Insecta Family Tenebrionidae Rank Species | Phylum Arthropoda Order Coleoptera Subfamily Pimeliinae | |
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Similar Mesostena, Beetle, Bubas bison, Platydema europaeum, Pimeliinae | ||
Mesostena puncticollis, the opossum beetle, is a species of darkling beetles in the subfamily Pimeliinae.
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Description
Mesostena puncticollis can reach a length of about 12 millimetres (0.47 in). Head, thorax and elytra are black, while ventral surface is reddish brown. Pronotum is goblet-shaped, elytra are elongated-elliptical, with large spots on the spotting-rows.
Distribution and habitat
This species is present in Turkey, Saudi Arabia, Egypt, Jordan, Syria, Iraq and Iran.
References
Mesostena puncticollis Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA